First I want to say congratulations it finally ending with success, even though up to now I'm yet to play al|together gift this year since they use torrent to distribute files and I'm one of unlucky person for that.

Certainly they really did extending phase for al|together 2008.
On the side note, if my comprehension is correct, the submitted piece for extended phase will be presented as a piece for al|together 2009. In other words basically it just al|together 2009 labeled as another.

The other point that need special attention, it seems whoever had interest for participating should be really serious since the requirement for them to accepting the work is the real deal. Whoever participates I wish you luck.